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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: "Timothy o Bolade" <timothybolade2000@msn.com>
Reply-To: timothy_o_bolade4@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:17:03 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ THIS.
Headquarter,
First Bank of Nigeria Plc.
Lagos, Nigeria.
Sir,
Compliment of the day and how is life general with you? Of course it is my
humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this project
request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not come to you
as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon.
I am Timothy O. Bolade, the Manager of Headquarter First Bank of Nigeria
Plc, Lagos. I have an urgent and confidential business proposal for you. On
April 30 2002, an American oil consultant/contractor with via National
Petroleum cooperation (NNPC) Mr. Peter Bush made a numbered time (fixed)
deposit for twelve calenderer month valued at US$14,600,000.00(Fourteen
Million Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in my branch.
On maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got
no reply after months we send a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employee (Nigeria national petroleum Corporation) that Mr. Peter
Bush died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, it was
clear that he died without making a will. All attempts to trace his next of
kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that Mr. Peter Bush did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his
official documents including his deposit document in my bank. The total sum
US$14,600,000.00 is still in my bank as dormant account. No one will ever
come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian banking law, after five
years, the money will revert to the ownership of theNigerian Government. If
the account owner is certified death and nobody comes forward to claim it.
This is the situation, and my proposal is that I am looking for a foreigner
who will stand in as the beneficiary/next of kin. This is simple. All you
have to do is to immediately send me the details of a bank account anywhere
in the world for me to arrange the proper money transfer document. The money
will then be transferred into the account for us to share in the ration of
60% for me 30% for you while the remaining 10% will be set aside for
expenses incurred within here and there.
There is no risk involved. I am using my position and connection in the bank
here to do all the document work for the transaction. We shall employ the
services of an attorney to draft the will and obtain all necessary documents
and letter of administration in your favour for the transfer. This
transaction is risk free guaranteed. If you are interested, please reply
immediately confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction could
be most profitable for both of us.
Please do not expose this deal if you are not interested because if you do,
it will take me out of seat.
I await your urgent reply.
Best regards,
Timothy O. Bolade.
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